Title

Little Auk

Caption

Little Auk (Alle alle) adult male, summer plumage, with stone in beak as offering to female in breeding colony, Spitzbergen, Svalbard

Date

May 28, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Dickie Duckett

Reference

BRK22F52_224

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (18,0Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3542 (300dpi)

Keywords

Alcidae Alle alle Archipelago Arctic Auk Auks Aves Bird Birds Charadriiformes Dovekie Europe Jan Mayen Little auk Little auks Many Animals North Europe Northern Europe Norway Scandinavian Spitsbergen Spitsbergen Island Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swarm behaviour Swarm behaviours Swarming Vest Spitsbergen adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild archipelago archipelagos behavior behaviour bird colonies bird colony bird photography breed breeding breeding area breeding colonies breeding colony breeding ground breeding grounds breeding season breeding site breeding time breedings bridal gift colonies colony courting courting seasons courtship courtship display courtship season courtshiping display displaying fauna female female animal female animals females flock flock of flock of birds group group of animals group of islands groups groups of animals groups of islands habitat in the beak incubate incubating ingestion island islands male male animal male animals males mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat nest nesting nesting site nesting sites nordic out outdoor outdoors outside perform the courtship display rookery rutting season seabird seabirds several several animals social behavior social behaviour social behaviours stone stones summer summer plumage summery swarm swarm of birds wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo Norwegian Scandinavia animal feed animal feeds courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour display behaviour eat feed feeding imprinting many numerous overawing plumage plumages polar circle polar circles polar region polar regions shorebird wader wading bird wading birds